I received this email from the obviously spoofed address of a MM model.  (in the email her last name had been misspelled in both instances.) 

I called her, apparently her account was compromised while she was using a public WiFi network. 

So, don't send money to "friends" stranded overseas without confirming their whereabouts and consider what you are doing while connected on a non-secure network.

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Hello how are you doing i need a favor from you..right now am in Turkey for short trip  unfortunately i was robbed All valuables Cash and cellphone including Credit card,Have been stolen from me and i don"t have any cash with me i will be glad if you can loan me some money..will refund it back to you when am back...You can have the money wire to me  via western union, All you need is the name on  my passport and present location.You can locate a nearby WU around you by visiting www.westernunion.com/locator. below:

Name: Rxxxxxxx Oxxxxxxx
Address: 40 Mecidiyekoy, Istanbul 34000, Turkey
STATE = Istanbul
COUNTRY = Turkey
Amount:$2,500USD

Once you are done with the transfer kindly get back to me with the western union Money Transfer Confirmation Number(MTCN) and the total amount you send to pick up the money with my valid passport and get back  home on time..

Rxxxxxxx Oxxxxxxx

Lol the scenario in this one made me laugh, it's just soooo believable.  I know that whenever I get robbed in an vacation hot spot like Turkey the first person I go to to ask for money is a random person I shot with.

This is a rather common scam.

I had this scam sent to me in the name of a friend on my e-mail list. It stated he was stranded in NY. It was one of the funniest scams I had been hit with, as the person in question was sitting not 10 feet away from me enjoying a rather nice malt whisky.